Encounters with an ancient force - stronger even than the fanatical dreams of science...The forces of evil have never died; maybe there have been periods when they've slept - but never for long. The twentieth century was a time of particular evil, but when a time-lock automatically opened in a mysterious vault under Wewelsburg Castle in Germany in 1995, the prospect of a new evil being unleashed on the world became more than merely a dark fear. By 1999, when the main action of Awakening Avalon takes place, this fear had become a reality as the tentacles of evil were twitching at the possibilities provided by the rapid mind-warping developments of science. But, just as there are forces of evil, so there are - on watch, waiting, the forces of good. Once invoked, they must do battle... and this they did, on the very eve of the Millennium. It was such a terrible, insidious evil that most press accounts at the time thought it best not to tell the whole tale - there was the bankruptcy of a global software company, there were reports of strange happenings at Stonehenge and an inquiry into a series of deaths in Somerset, but this the full extraordinary story, with the action flying headlong from the days immediately after the Second World War through to the hi-tech citadel of modern San Francisco, finally coming to rest in the peaceful precincts of Westchester Cathedral, in the ruins of Glastonbury Abbey in England and finally at the monoliths of Stonehenge - where that decisive contest between good and evil was finally played out.For those who like the Arthurian legends, then several characters will be well known to them - but never as seen like this!
About the Author: Stephen Weeks is a writer, conservationist and film-maker. For 30 years he lived in a 12th century castle in Wales, which he restored. For the last 12 years he has lived in Prague, Czech Republic. His films, as writer/director/producer, include the horror films, I, Monster and Ghost Story. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (and his own remake of it, Sword of the Valiant) are Arthurian romances. His novels include Daniela - a tragic love story set mainly in Prague 1944-45, and The Countess of Prague detective novels debuts in the USA in September 2017. The second, Sins of the Father, has recently been completed. His latest novel is The Nerve Doctor, a bizarre glimpse into the lives of two doctors setting up again in Prague in 1946. His return to making films is marked by The Pain of Mrs. Winterton, based on his own novel, set in the last years of British India. He is still active restoring castles in various parts of Europe. Awakening Avalon concerns many of the continuing threads of his own life, especially the relationship between past and present...